Three young Belize City men remain hospitalized after they were wounded in a shooting near Magazine Road. Police say twenty year old Nikki Pickard, thirty-two year old Sherwin Nunez, and thirty-four year old Carlos Abraham were hanging out in an alley off Banak Street this morning around eight when a white van pulled up. One […]
On August thirty-first of last year eighteen year old Lisa Lauriano was charged with attempted murder, grievous harm, and deadly means of harm following a report that the young woman had stabbed her boyfriend’s daughter in the eye during a misunderstanding. Lauriano was offered bail in the amount of three thousand dollars plus a surety […]
Two Belize City men were arraigned on charges of robbery in Magistrate’s Court on Monday for stealing the grand total of one dollar and fifty cents from a neighbour. According to Charles Pratt, around five on Friday evening he was near his home on Faber’s Road when twenty-nine year old David Burgos and forty-one year […]
Meanwhile, a man accused of breaking into his sister’s house and stealing electronic equipment has been sentenced to five years behind bars. On February seventeenth Rhonda Robateau reported to police that when she went into her home on Tanoomah Street she found her DVD player, stereo, tape recorder, and other personal items missing. Investigating officers […]
The Ministry of Health is gearing up for large scale renovations to its facilities around the country. The seven million dollar upgrade, to be implemented under the Health Sector Reform Project will include the supply of new ambulances as well as renovations to the Northern Regional Hospital in Orange Walk, Western Regional in Belmopan and […]
During ceremonies held last night by the Scout Association of Belize, the inaugural Leopold Balderamos Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Julian Castillo. Castillo joined the Scouts in 1960 and since that time has served the association in various roles, including as a member of the executive committee, Chief Scout, and is currently the Chairman […]
The embassy may have moved to Belmopan, but life at the Mexican Cultural Centre in Belize City remains busy. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods reports on the facility’s first show of the year. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This year the Mexican Embassy plans to hold seven exhibitions at venues throughout the country. The first show opens tonight […]
This morning two Belize City teenagers were escorted to Magistrate’s Court, accused of the murder of Russian national Alexei Goloubev. Nineteen year olds Aaron King and Llewellyn Williams were jointly charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder. King and Williams have been remanded to Hattieville Prison until their next court date on March twentieth. […]
The only reason a Belize City man is alive tonight is because the gun the shooter used jammed. According to police, around three-thirty on Saturday afternoon, twenty-two year old Kareem Wright was standing at the corner of King Street and Euphrates Avenue when someone walked up to him, pushed him down, and then stood over […]
Concert-goers leaving the City Centre early Sunday morning were also surprised to hear the sound of gunfire. Official reports to News Five are that twenty-one year old Errol Hinds was shot near Evergreen Street by someone he knew. Hinds remains at the K.H.M.H. recovering from injuries to his left arm, back, and the left side […]
In crime news from Ambergris Caye, police have arrested and charged sixty-six year old William Donald Campbell for murder and possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. On February third, island police visited a house in the Tres Cocos area where they found Campbell and an employee, Danielo Villatoro. Villatoro had been fatally shot in […]
Thirty-three thousand dollars: that’s how much a thief got away with this morning, courtesy of the Princess Hotel and Casino. According to police, around nine-thirty, two employees and a security guard were transporting the proceeds of the hotel, cinema, and restaurant weekend sales to the accounting office, when they were ambushed by a masked man […]
A six year old girl has told police that she was molested by a fifty-three year old security guard. According to court reports, Claude Velasquez has been identified as the man who on Saturday evening took the child into his bedroom where he kissed her on the mouth and fondled her private parts. We understand […]
A large group of tourists, not to mention the nation’s tourism industry, remain in shock tonight following a brazen attack at the entrance of the nation’s capital. Banana Bank Lodge is located along the Belize River, less than a mile from the steps of the National Assembly. But on Friday night, the owners, guests, and […]
A motorcycle accident in the Toledo district has claimed the life of an Indianville resident. According to police reports, sixty-four year old Clarence Montero was walking along the San Antonio road around seven on Saturday night when he was struck by a motorcycle. Montero was rushed to the Punta Gorda hospital for treatment for injuries […]
With municipal elections just eight days away, one Orange Walk organisation, Belizeans Promoting Active Citizenship, is planning a forum on Tuesday night to encourage members of their community to vote and know their responsibilities as citizens. Scheduled presenters include Senator Godwin Hulse; Belmopan Mayor Anthony Chanona; former Orange Walk mayor Agripina Espejo; and director of […]
Climate change: it’s a term that for many conjures up images of deserts or snow storms … not anything we have to worry about right. Well not necessarily. Every day scientists are discovering that the tiny changes occurring in our environment could add up to a dramatic shift in our natural resources and resulting quality […]
In news from the labour front, word out of the Social Security Board in Belmopan is that talks between union reps and management ended today with an agreement of sorts. Apparently, there are three issues still under discussion: increases in fuel allowance, education loans, and cost of living adjustments for employees. A press release issued […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and you?re totally welcome to this dish of Sports Monday. The Valentine Cycle Classic was unveiled on the Western Highway on Saturday in both male and female categories by the Belize Cycling Association. We now join the seven Belizean athletes who dared to start this forty-two mile journey from Cotton […]
For more than three years, the passport case has been slowly weaving its way through Belize’s judicial process. But tonight a decision in the Supreme Court has thrown a spanner in the works for Government prosecutors. Justice Adolph Lucas has ruled that the first defendant in the case, fifty-three year old Hassan El-Sayed, will not […]
There are still more questions than answers surrounding the death of an American skydiver whose lifeless body was pulled from the sea off Ambergris Caye on Thursday afternoon. A postmortem on the body of Chad Zielinksi has determined the cause of death to be traumatic shock. Police sources indicate that just about every bone in […]
A convicted thief already behind bars has had another five years added to his jail time. According to court reports, before the police or victim could testify, thirty-eight year old Donald King decided to plead guilty to burglary in connection with an incident at the home of Bharat Budrani. On July fourth, 2003, police on […]
A Belize City man has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting incident earlier this week. According to police, nineteen year old Egbert Arnold is the man who fired several gunshots in the direction of twenty-eight year old Troy Trapp on Wednesday night. Arnold has since been charged with attempted murder, use of […]
Late this evening police escorted a man to the Belize City Magistrate’s Court where he was formally arraigned for a murder committed in 2002. According to police, thirty-one year old Arthur Young is the man who shot and killed twenty-two year old Jose Chavarria on August fifth, 2002, as he was riding his bike on […]
Unionists are back in the news tonight, this time facing off with the management of the Social Security Board. I got the details today from disgruntled Christian Worker’s Union president Antonio Gonzales. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Ongoing negotiations between the management of the Social Security Board and the Christian Workers Union have so far failed to […]
